Sherrod Brown

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I believe that our committee can work in a bipartisan fashion to improve rail safety.

We are going to go after any overbilling where we can.

There is no reason why a drug that we know costs no more than about $10 to manufacture should be costing seniors $100, $200.

Seniors are literally paying for this in the form of higher premiums.

Thank you, and I know that even though the President did not go right away, or you did not go right away, your people were there and made a real difference.

It is important in the process of searching for and receiving answers about these effects that their concerns are taken into account.

I have fought for binding enforcement of labor and environmental rules.

If they are not cooperative, section 232 tariffs should be reimposed.

We will not be able to realize the President's vision of a new American industrial policy without stronger trade enforcement.

Moreover, Congress recently invested more than $8 billion in new money in Forest Service land management through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Congress should therefore eliminate the annual Interior appropriations rider that exempts the Forest Service from the National Forest Management Act requirement to revise its forest plans not more than every 15 years.

This is the most pro-worker, pro-labor administration probably in my lifetime

I hope that you and folks at the VA Central Office remind staff in the field that a strong labor management relationship is essential to the effective and efficient operation of VA and to improve the provision of care and benefits to…

It shouldn't take a train derailment for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people whom we serve, not corporations like Norfolk Southern.

Senator Vance and I are going to make sure that East Palestine is not forgotten--not next week, not in two years, not ever.

We need the Brown, Vance bill. We need safety rules. We need the Railway Safety Act.

I believe that our committee can work in a bipartisan fashion to improve rail safety.

We are working to create a fund, sort of a regional fund, both for training, as Governor DeWine said, and for equipment.

Senator Vance and I are both here today to urge this committee to embrace the obvious need for safety reform.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Senator Cruz, thank you, and members of the Committee, especially my colleague from Ohio, Senator Vance.

I am concerned that the lack of increase in funding further jeopardizes the ability for our country to maintain a robust pediatric workforce.

It is important in the process of searching for and receiving answers about these effects that their concerns are taken into account.

I, first, want to compliment the President pro tempore of the Senate and her leadership here for now 30-plus years and her courage. She saw January more up close than most of us did. I say to the Senator: I believe you were with your…

I heard directly from Ohio farmers seeking assurance that they can safely plant and sell their cattle and their crops.